Infernal (Danish band)
Infernal is a Danish dance music duo from Copenhagen . It consists of Paw Lagermann (born July 30, 1977) and Lina Rafn (born August 12, 1976). Søren Haahr was also the third musician on the first album, who left in 2001 to start his own project Red $ tar.
history
Their debut single Sorti de l'enfer was released in 1997 and their first album Infernal Affairs in 1998 , which was the first national hit with the techno version of the Russian song Kalinka . For this album they received a Danish Grammy.
In 2001 the albums Waiting for Delight and Muzaik appeared , on which Let Me Hear You Say Yeah , another national hit, was represented. In 2003, together with the German group SNAP! the single The Cult of Noise .
In 2004, their most successful album to date, From Paris to Berlin , was released, the title track of which was among the top 20 in several European charts and even in Australia in 2005. In May 2006, they took second place in the British charts. During the 2006 World Cup in Germany, a cover version was created entitled From London to Berlin , which was the anthem of British soccer fans during the World Cup.
Infernal is known for their experimental house with techno tones , where they mix different genres and instruments with techno. With Kalinka it was a sample of Russian choir singing, with Sorti de l'enfer bagpipe music , with Muzaik scat singing and with Banjo Thing a banjo .
This and that
While the original of From Paris to Berlin flopped in Austria, the cover version by Austrian singer Disco Bee made it to number 14 on the Austrian charts.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DK
|
 UK
|
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| 1998 | Infernal Affairs | DK6thDK | - |
First published: 1998
|
| 2001 | Waiting for daylight |
DK32 (2 weeks) DK |
- |
First published: 2001
|
| Muzaik |
DK17 (3 weeks) DK |
- |
First release: 2001
re-release of Waiting for Daylight |
|
| 2005 | From Paris to Berlin |
DK1  × 4
(55 weeks)DK |
UK44 (3 weeks) UK |
First published: October 18, 2004
|
| 2008 | Electric cabaret |
DK2 × 2
(36 weeks)DK |
- |
First published: August 11, 2008
|
| 2010 | Fall from Grace |
DK9  (6 weeks)DK |
- |
First published: September 27, 2010
|
| 2013 | Put your f ** king hands up |
DK17 (1 week) DK |
- |
First published: September 9, 2013
|
Remix albums
- 1999: Remixed Affairs
Compilations
- 2005: Kalinka
Singles
Chart placements
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DK
|
 DE
|
 AT
|
 CH
|
UK
|
|||
| 1997 | Sorti de l'enfer Infernal Affairs |
DK5DK | - | - | - | - | |
| 1998 | Highland Fling Infernal Affairs |
DK2DK | - | - | - | - | |
| Kalinka Infernal Affairs |
DK1DK | - | - | - | - | ||
| Voodoo Cowboy Infernal Affairs |
DK12DK | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1999 | Your Crown Infernal Affairs |
DK8thDK | - | - | - | - | |
| 2000 | Serengeti Waiting for Daylight |
DK10DK | - | - | - | - | |
| Sunrise Waiting for Daylight |
DK6 (9 weeks) DK |
- | - | - | - | ||
| Muzaik Waiting for Daylight |
DK5 (4 weeks) DK |
- | - | - | - | ||
| You Receive Me Muzaik |
DK12 (4 weeks) DK |
- | - | - | - | ||
| 2002 | Let Me Hear You Say Yeah Muzaik |
DK11 (2 weeks) DK |
- | - | - | - | |
| 2003 | Banjo Thing From Paris to Berlin |
DK3 (12 weeks) DK |
- | - | - | - |
feat. Red $ tar
|
| 2004 | From Paris to Berlin From Paris to Berlin |
DK- |
DE32 (9 weeks) DE |
AT49 (3 weeks) AT |
CH61 (22 weeks) CH |
UK2 (29 weeks)UK |
|
| 2006 |
Self Control From Paris to Berlin |
DK3 (23 weeks)DK |
- | - | - |
UK18 (7 weeks) UK |
|
| 2008 | Downtown Boys Electric Cabaret |
DK2 (25 weeks)DK |
- | - | - | - | |
| Whenever You Need Me Electric Cabaret |
DK8th (16 weeks)DK |
- | - | - | - | ||
| 2009 | Electric Light Electric Cabaret |
DK5 (18 weeks)DK |
- | - | - | - | |
| 2010 | Love Is All ... Fall from Grace |
DK6 (15 weeks) DK |
- | - | - | - | |
| 2012 | Stolt af mig selv? |
DK8 (8 weeks) DK |
- | - | - | - |
as Paw & Lina
|
| Can't go back |
DK29 (1 week) DK |
- | - | - | - | ||
Further single releases
- 2001: Humbled By Nature
- 2003: The Cult of Noise ( feat.SNAP! )
- 2004: Cheap Trick Kinda Girl
- 2005: Keen on Disco
- 2006: A to the B
- 2006: Ten Miles (DK:platinum)
- 2006: From London to Berlin (World Cup version)
- 2007: I Won't Be Crying (DK:platinum)
- 2007: Hey Hello
- 2009: redefinition
- 2016: Hurricane
- 2017: Holding On
- 2017: Weightless
Chart placements as a guest musician
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DK
|
DE
|
AT
|
UK
|
|||
| 2011 | Speakers On Discolized 2.0 |
DK2 (7 weeks)DK |
- | - | - |
Kato feat. Infernal
|
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
gold |
platinum
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
||||
|
Denmark (IFPI)
|
4 × gold4th
|
11 × platinum11
|
211,000 | ifpi.dk |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
gold1
|
- | 400,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
5 × gold5
|
11 × platinum11
|
||
swell
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: Germany Austria United Kingdom Denmark
- ↑ Paw & Lina - Stolt af mig selv? - Chart placement Denmark. Hung Medien, accessed August 28, 2017 .
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Infernal at Discogs (English)